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Re: When to Use GO

From	Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver, microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming
Subject	Re: When to Use GO
Followup-To	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver
Date	2012-05-31 07:29 +0000
Organization	Erland Sommarskog
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Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:
>      I have a script where I very early delete the database and
> recreate it.  In one recent problem area, I create a procedure.  It
> has a GO in front of it, because stored procedures have to be first in
> a batch.  Fine.  If I then follow with a CREATE TABLE in the same
> batch, 

You can't. That CREATE TABLE is part of the procedure. CREATE PROCEDURE must 
be the first command in the batch, and it is the only command in the batch, 
a property it shares with a couple of more commands.

Again, put your source code under version-control and load the files from
a client-side program. Then you don't need to ask these questions.

-- 
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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When to Use GO Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-30 14:21 -0700
  Re: When to Use GO Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-05-31 07:29 +0000
    Re: When to Use GO Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-31 10:07 -0700
      Re: When to Use GO Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-05-31 22:26 +0200
        Re: When to Use GO Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-01 09:41 -0700
          Re: When to Use GO Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-06-01 23:23 +0200
            Re: When to Use GO Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-03 19:36 -0700
  Re: When to Use GO "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOSPAMyahoo.com> - 2012-05-31 06:45 -0400

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